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English Dictionary: indirectly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indirectly
adv
  1. not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"
    Antonym(s): directly, flat, straight
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Indirectly \In`di*rect"ly\, adv.
      In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in
      express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence,
      unfairly; wrongly.
  
               To tax it indirectly by taxing their expense. --A.
                                                                              Smith.
  
               Your crown and kingdom indirectly held.   --Shak.
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